WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

ecovery. — Memories;
• (draggy)- abounding in or like dregs; filthy; muddy, ( );
• (deadening)- to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken;
As grim as the squad room was during the day, it was worse at night, the
overhead lighting giving off a deadening white illumination. — The 6th
Target;
• (irksome)- annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome,( ; );
Their sojourn at the hotel may be somewhat irksome, and uncongenial; still
they are safe. — The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea;
• (ho-hum)- an exclamation expressing boredom, weariness, or contempt;
• (boredom)- the state of being bored; tedium; ennui, (
); Despite his boredom, his isolation, and his continuing depression,
as he walked over to the entrance Walker fervently hoped that day still lay far
in the future. — Lost And Found;
• (tedium)- the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness;
tediousness,( ; ; ); Historians of a certain age will
recall the tedium of scrolling through endless microfilm reels of census data;
• (ennui)- a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety
or lack of interest; boredom, ( , , , ); It was
situated far enough from Paris to escape any sort of ennui, and was
surrounded by gardens most marvelous, within a beauteous park. — The
Tapestry Book;
• (humdrum)- lacking variety; boring; dull, ( ; ; );
From the first Borrow had shown a strong distaste for the humdrum routine
of school life. — The Life of George Borrow;
• (monotonous)- lacking in variety; tediously unvarying, ( ; ;
); We went on monotonously through the deep sand,
and monotonous was the wail of a bird among the shrubby heath. — The
True Story of My Life;
delinquent, slipshod, cursory, hasty
delinquent = derelict = remiss = neglectful # dutiful
• (delinquent)- failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a
misdeed or offense, ( , , , ); Any
failure of memory would cause him to dart a severe look at the delinquent, a
false quantity made him scowl, and when he suspected real carelessness the